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The Drunkards

A work made of etching with engraved inscription on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching with engraved inscription on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1778

Artist:

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)
after Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1660)

About this artwork

Until Goya produced 19 etchings after 17th-century Velázquez paintings in 1778, the original compositions were little known. Goya’s copies reproduced all the prints in the same direction as the originals. He advertised the availability of this print and the Baltasar Carlos in the Gazeta de Madrid on Tuesday, December 22, 1788: “Two new prints one of which represents the Prince Don Baltasar Carlos on horseback, and the other a false Bacchus crowning some drunkards; paintings by Don Diego Velázquez extant in His Majesty’s Royal Palace, drawn and graved in etching by Don Franciso Goya, Painter.”

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Title

The Drunkards

Place

Spain (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1778

Medium

Etching with engraved inscription on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 28.7 × 39.5 cm (11 5/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Plate: 31.8 × 43.7 cm (12 9/16 × 17 1/4 in.); Sheet: 32.5 × 44.1 cm (12 13/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.3188

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